For their dedication in helping low-income New Yorkers gain access to quality legal services, an assistant public defender, an attorney and two organizations have been honored with awards  by the New York State Bar Association’s Committee to Ensure Mandated Representation. “Each of the award recipients has made a positive impact on the lives of the … Continued

David P. Miranda, President, and Glenn Lau-Kee, Immediate Past President of the New York State Bar Association, Frank A. Sedita III, Erie County District Attorney and President of the District Attorneys Association of the State of New York, and Barry Scheck, Co-Founder of the Innocence Project today issued the following statement in announcing that their … Continued

David P. Miranda, a partner at the Albany intellectual property law firm of Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti, assumes office today, June 1, as the 118th president of the New York State Bar Association. Miranda succeeds Glenn Lau-Kee of New York City (Kee & Lau-Kee) as head of the 74,000-member Association, which has members in … Continued

New York State Bar Association President Glenn Lau-Kee today called on Governor Cuomo and the state Legislature to enact a bill increasing the age of criminal responsibility in New York from 16 to 18 years old. “It is time to raise the age of criminal responsibility. Research demonstrates that 16- and 17-year-old kids lack the … Continued

New York will adopt the Uniform Bar Exam beginning in July 2016, Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman has announced. The decision by the state Court of Appeals, which oversees admission to the bar, makes New York the largest of 16 states requiring applicants to pass the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE). In addition, New York applicants will … Continued